I have faced this problem too, googling was unsuccessful.
2013/5/24 Bret Busby <b...@busby.net> > Hello. > > I am running Debian 6, with GNOME 2.30.2 (I think; when I select Help-> > About, with a GNOME application, that is the version number shown). > > I have recently noticed a problem, with uncontrollable double (or > multiple) mouse clicks, when a single click should be occurring, causing > multiple problems. > > In the System -> Preferences -> Mouse configuration setting utility, is an > option for adjusting the timeout for mouse double clicks, but, apparently > not a means of adjusting (in this case, lowering) the sensitivity, or, > increasing the lag time (?) between clicks, which could (would) force the > system to wait a longer (if so set) time for registering a double click; > for example, adjusting a setting, so that the system would wait for 1/10 > second, or, 1/2 second, before registering a double click, so that, if a > user does not get the finger off the mouse button within a thousandth of a > second, a double click is not registered. > > Can this parameter be adjusted, so that a user is required to distinctly > press the mouse button twice, after a set time, eg, 1/2 second, before a > double click is registered, and, if it can be adjusted, how can it be > adjusted? > > Thank you in anticipation. > > -- > Bret Busby > Armadale > West Australia > .............. > > "So once you do know what the question actually is, > you'll know what the answer means." > - Deep Thought, > Chapter 28 of Book 1 of > "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: > A Trilogy In Four Parts", > written by Douglas Adams, > published by Pan Books, 1992 > ..............................**...................... > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > debian-user-REQUEST@lists.**debian.org<debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org>with > a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/**alpine.DEB.2.00.1305242148510.** > 9153@bret-dd-workstation.**busby.net<http://lists.debian.org/alpine.deb.2.00.1305242148510.9...@bret-dd-workstation.busby.net> > > -- Best regards, Valery Mamonov.